October Challenge winners post.

Hello!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Being part of this wonderful card making community is something I feel so very grateful for...day after day! Stay blessed everyone!

Please welcome the winners of the October TOUCH OF GOLD challenge!

I'm so very sorry for the delay in  posting their work.

Without any delay...here goes...

Karthika Balasubramanian

I’m Karthikha from K's Kards and Krafts and I'm super glad to be a guest designer at PCM. 

Thank you Paru for this lovely opportunity! :)

I am from Tamilnadu, recently moved to the US with my loving husband and darling daughter. Currently, I am a SAHM and crafting has been my hobby since my childhood. I’ve always loved doing something creative and I got it from my mom, who has tried various art forms! However I’m now stuck to Paper crafts – Cards and Quilling. I entered the blog land of crafting a few years back and got to know a loooot of tools, techniques, crafters, blogs, types of crafts and more!! And I’m still learning! You can find my work here,

Blog: http://loveforkrafts.blogspot.in

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KsKardsAndKrafts/

For this month's challenge 'Thank You', I've made a card using Altenew's Starry Flowers stamp and die set, colored with distress inks and Faber Castell watercolor pencils. The background is a lovely watercolor patterned paper from Dress My Craft. The sentiment is stamped using Versafine Onyx black ink. I've added a few sequins and also some glitter and shine to the flowers using Wink of Stella shimmer to complete the card. For the matching tag, the tag shape is diecut using Crafter's Companion tag dies. The flower is stamped from Mudra's Floral Silhouette using distress inks. It is similar to the card and I've added a matching purple polka dots ribbon to finish it. Hope you like my card and the matching tag! Get inspired and play along :)

Teresa

Hi, my name is Teresa, I am a single parent to Tyler who is 21 and away at University studying Stage management.

I live in Sittingbourne, Kent in the United Kingdom and I am currently working as a supervisor for a Frozen Food Supermarket, but, in my spare time I love to make cards.

I have been crafting on and off for many years, starting with knitting and cross stitch.

After a back operation in 2013, I found myself with lots of spare time and decided to set up a blog and I havent looked back since.

My passion is colouring with Copic and ProMarkers.

I hope you like my card and are inspired to play along with the current THANK YOU challenge.

 

Helen 

Hi. I live in Queensland, Australia with my husband and daughter. Since I was a child I have always enjoyed many different kinds of sewing, crafting and painting.

I have always loved creating in one form or another, from sewing, crafting, painting and drawing.

Over the last few years, I have enjoyed card making, which has allowed me to try many different techniques and products as well as a variety of colouring. There is always so much to learn.

You can find me HERE in the blogosphere.

I hope you enjoy my work and are inspired to play along in the current THANK YOU challenge.

As the challenge has begun late, it will run till the 30th of November. 

I will announce the winners on the 1st of December.

Don't forget to stop by!

Please link up your creations HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

September winners post

Hello!

Please welcome 

Manisha Ayyapath

the winner of the guest designer post for the September 'Anything Goes Challenge'!

Here she is with some fabulous inspiration for the October 'TOUCH OF GOLD' challenge.

Hello Everyone!

Manisha here!

I'm currently a full-time crafter, having quit my job to take care of my little daughter.

This break allowed me to explore the wonders of the crafting world and now I'm totally hooked :)

My interests very widely-cardmaking,scrapbooking, mixed-media and now I'm even into making home decor products. Recently I started a venture where I sell all the handmade items that I make-The Simple Joys Store.

You can check it out on www.instagram/the.simple.joys.store

I'm absolutely excited to be guest designing for Paru's Card Making Challenge! and what got me more excited is this month's theme- A TOUCH OF GOLD! I just love adding gold elements in my projects-kind of like a weakness :D

so needless to say I had super fun working on today's projects.

So let's see the card and the tag I made for this challenge.

For this I created a background cut file and had it cut on a matte gold cardstock using my Silhouette Curio. Then I had some fun with Ranger's Alcohol Inks and created some backgrounds. I then die cut the backgrounds using Altenew's floral Fantasy 3D die set.

For the center piece of the flowers and a couple of leaves I used the same gold cardstock to add that touch of gold.

I then adhered the gold frame on the card base and then arranged my die cuts towards the base of the card. To balance out the whole look, I added a sentiment-black on gold and finished off the card with some black ink splatters.

Moving on to the tag. 

I created a simple tag which features some gold heat embossed from Altenew's Adore You stamp set to add that gold element. I used glitter gold embossing power that lends a different charm of its own.

I then colored the flowers with color pencils and markers. The sentiment is heat embossed in black.

I then added a few gold and black splatters as I just love to do that :D 

Attached a brown ribbon to the tag to complete it.

Hope you guys enjoyed my projects and are inspired to play along. 

You can link up your projects here.

Manisha Ayappath

Creations from the winners of the July Challenge

Hello!

Starting this month, 

I will bring you some inspiration during the month, 

in order to keep the creative juices flowing!

We had three honorable mentions for the challenge last month.

I decided to invite them to guest design for the challenge this month so that they can inspire us with their creativity.

My first honorable mention designer is 

Raga Senthil

Here is what she has to say!

Hello Lovelies!

I am Raga from Perky Hobby!

Im super thrilled to be guesting for Paru's Card Making Challenges 'Family' challenge this month.

Thanks Paru for this opportunity!

I'm originally from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, currently residing in Gurgaon, Haryana, with my husband and two adorable kids (daughter of 6 and son of 3 years). I'm a computer application graduate and I have chosen to be a stay at home mom.

I started crafting a year ago. I love to illustrate and mostly all of my cards consist of my sketches and handwritten sentiments.

I think I enjoy making CAS style cards by incorporating interactive parts at times.

Check out my work at my blog  http://www.perkyhobby.com/, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/perkyhobby/  and on Instagram @perky_hobby.

Here is my take on the current challenge, using my illustration. (photo inspired from Google)

Rakshabandhan (the festival of Rakhi) 

is celebrated to cherish the bond of brothers and sisters.

To make this Rakhi card, I took A2 size white cardstock and created the wall and floor scene using patterned papers.

I sketched my figures, watercoloured them and adhered them on the front panel using foam tape and I gave washi tape to the little girl to mount her little cute brother over the wall for his mischievous behaviour.

I finished the card with a handwritten sentiment.

For the tag, I ink smooshed the background, using the bubble art technique. I fussy cut it and added a handmade flower (from Itsy Bitsy) 

for the rakhi and the sentiment to complete it.

I hope you are inspired to join in and play the challenge!

Happy Crafting!

My second Honorable mention GD is 

Mugdha Gujrati

Hello everyone!

This is Mugdha Gujarathi from Craftomania. 

I am an MBA turned full time crafter and mother of a cute little boy.

I love card making, quilling and to experiment with limited supplies. 

I started my blog in November last year and Paru's Card Making Challenges is one of the few challenges I participated in for the first time and I won it too!

That was the kickstart to my crafting journey and today I am glad to be here.

Thank you so much Paru for inviting me over!

This month's theme is "Family" and I have made a quilled card. 

I hope it inspires you to play along.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Do leave some love for these beautiful ladies and their amazingly creative work!

Join in and play my FAMILY challenge.

Challenge ends on the 25th of August and the winners will be announced on the 28th.

Have a wonderful day!

Paru Mahtani